Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-11-17

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sa.ooa wl1A S1AeIhEinR, fsft him ahsu
- yasas thia slde of thn 9zloons I wnn
slsaAent ~ % Eenlfle; I msl nnbosg
eopp1T rs aE1nn6 kha saIoon whGr
1lafhRlna and leEts I walksd fnaa nnl
nllnR sloW; cane 1p % IurnHI
AAi.s 1ifnat Ieok hzck nkfsf I la hin
eAn'l 4ag whsShex il wna shraa er ton
o.pe9s distant from ben9 Of brides
.1ete l1ft kiz1s e may have besn COS.
zinc g wng from sheen % poina whers
~ wexe IaH1 ninht with fhs imry; I 6ii
noe hs4E ne shouEfan; esrns e 6rs'
ralIro4d c1os1inR and EiRht N toHn
want fEam 1nFnef hall 30 my ehoE
s.oppsd b s1sp auhIIs; then wsns down
Efuut and 40 Waahi1Q1aH street Add
into 9 hausa. the third Or faur1h dsss
~ Waahinatcn stfee1. and stayed fherz
81 nizht With 9 girl; ssoppsd there nll
s.G1lf telt nsxt w0EninN Abous eight
e5elooks ! went up the railroad sraak:
Uaa informed thai tbeEe 9sEs several
small towns along the road betwssn
here sud 1as0ma wnere 1heEe we're nc
shos sh0ns. ulaeeg e laTre - PugaTluu,
bad net heard Of tke shooting Of Scheg.
bring "a taaa TINA; wenA out oEHE
the Grant street road; saw 10 hsood o.
ne road aot b ken1 next morni1a q,
breakfast aimei stayed nowhere Friday
night; vent % raes traek; bad . fsu
giasse4 Of beeE and iuuob; got % facl
.zsok - the afternoons maybe just after
dinner dams know exactly wat h0nr;
l vent On ~ The railroad track 10 en-.
qulre about th18s villages walked o.
10 ma hotel 70 stop &C bat u ret daKk
and could uot Sc any plAoe uhere ]
eoald - 70 step; ! walked On slowly IN
tbs h0pe would and pians tia Il be-
cane rather late; l found little fire
beside The tEaak; ] stopped there about
an houf and walked On slowly all night;
about o. 8 O'Clock / reached the place
uhera had my breakfast. InsFeF sac
tba Witness LoneBsoff; saw the witness
Stewart only Ia jail; be vas very drunk;
e he left nv cell heard him ssy 20
OochEans. sfes. I know him; / vas
never out on Madison street; vas taken
direct 30 the Jail on reaching Seattle
after my arrest; aeked OoehEnna 10 TAXA
me 10 sea SoheKhFinn; ! felt sure that
be would say vas not the man Who
shot him; after Mr.. Gilman saw me IL
ny cell wAa taken 10 the hospital aud
Abe justice w&s thsre and took down
SshsfbEing's statement.
The proasonsinn cg0ss-examirAd him
ed some length as 70 the defendants
history IN Germany, as TO WHISTLER be
had not hesn criminal Ia that eoun-
try and bis position IN the German
aEmy;to all Of he questions tending to
dstfaet ffcm bis character be answered
in the negative.
The prosecution also showed the de-
fen0an1 q photoQraph Of himself. be ad
mittsd the photograph was Of him; he
vas also shoWn the photogrAph Of q
child which Weg alleged 10 BE- bis son.
He said be never vas married. he was
also shown letter from Friadrich, adj
dressed 20 bis paFenf8-in Law, dated
January II, 1856, stating that be had
enlisted 10 the United States army for
i've years, and that ct the time be had
slFeady served one year. Il II believed
By the prosecution that this letter wag q
blind and was written By Friedrich II
order ts keep his wife's relatives quiet.
Tbs prosecution also offered certain
DISPOSITIONS Of German army officers
concsEninR the defendant, which were
objected 10 b. the defendants eoQntel
~ incompetent, and the objection was
sustained and the dispositions were
Richard RSlhenburR recalled on pari
Of the dsfense-I vas ons Of those Who
ran b the SPOT from which the shots
came; saw EcheKbring leaning against
the railing Of the bridge: I asked him
who had shet him; be said be didn'i
ka0w; that the man had come up be
hind him; that when fhe man stood
over him a vas too dark 10 see him.
- nfakna DamN 2Anfw~m. Dat
KIinqle, Mr.. Freeman and kinshmastel
testified TO the character Of the defend
ant, most Of whom could only speak q
had known nothing against him previ-
Gus % the present ease.
TeFfenoe O'Brien vas recalled 10 re-
buttal By chs prosecution; | cams
down on she locomotive from Slsughfsl
with Kriedrioh after his arrest, be va
taken, on arrival IN Seattle, directly
to the bospitali Friedrich vas al IT.
hospital twice; be was taken In ths
presence Of ScherbFinR; SeheRhFirs
/ said thai the reason be had FIRST said
hs did not know Who shot him vas be-
cause be didn't think be vas badly hurt
Miss Maria Townsend sworn: | stay
at Providence hospital; vas there July
l6sh last remember Of Friedrich hav
/ ing been there; he vas there twice; ht
vas in the presence Of SehefbFfnR.
Sheriff Oochrane was recalled on paFi
OF the defenae: asked 6aherbTing ths
eveuisa be vas shot who had shot him
be said be didn't knew.
when Fe-examined on part Of ths
prosecution the sheriff said: SsheE.
bring said IN my presence that be
tschefbFinal. said az nrat shat he didn'l
know Who bad shot tin because b
didn'l want 10 give bis friend away
Friedrich didn't deoy be bad shot him
be only said. @Oh. HcheFbrinR, how csr
ycu say that"
Ths testimony vas then closed.
This vas followed By tie arguments
to tie iuFy, Vhish consisted Of littls
more than 3 connected Fesital Of ths
| testimony. The addreasss wsro con
Guided al 5 o'clock at which tims ooaFi
adjourned until T:So o'clock when Cbiel
Justice Jones charged the taEy.
TIE czARsR.
Chief Jussise Jones. 10 bis charge h
the Jury, first called the iuEy's attsn.
ton 90 the gravity OF The crime charged
against the defendant and the RFays
character Of the duty resting both on
himself and on the jury. The Who'll.
duty Of the Jury consisted in weiRhirS
| TIE evidence and 10 dsteTmine from tn
evidence tbe facts, The iuFy has moth
inc 10 do with Otheg Gases which ma,
have been referred to ia The araument
OF counsel, nor with the preiadiess q
passions Of tie Community. Il
eqaally che duty Of the iaEy 10 shsel.
the innocent and 30 ind IL the fact
Justify q verdict % guilty. Nor has til
larry anythias 10 d. With the aftsibatl
OF mercy. III the defendant Is eaiisy
he needs more meFoy than you OF ! ca
bestoS. II he Il innocent. be does no
need mercy; be IL entitled 30 an 10
0uittal. Il Il q pure. cold, 1nsympa
thetic. unmefeifui question Of fact
Thls Is yo1r simple dnsy. Less or mon
IL an injustice.
The presumption II al criminal ease
Is that the defendant b innocent uati
proved guilty. The teTFitoEy Ia b0Ena
10 prove the defendant gailty, Hol sim
ply By q prsponderaAce Of evidenee, o
that be was probably or maEt pFobaol
Be guilty, % thai the chanees were b
vas euilty. The proof mast be that b
eommittea tie cFina aad mus5 be 8
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